After many, many months in the making, It's time to finally release the Brazil layout!
Welcome to Paranapiacaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil!
An abandoned company town deep in the Brazilian jungle.
It is kept open to the public as a preserved historic site, and stands at the top of a large funicular incline down to the sea.
I visited Paranapiacaba in person last year on a trip to Brazil, and all the Rolling Line updates since have been working towards making this map a reality!
Dynamic track made the many curves and complex track designs possible, Overhead wires brought electrification to the layout, modular buildings and jungle props created the deep jungle scenery and unique buildings, weather values added Paranapiacaba's famous fog, the V8 and Side-rod locomotives and all the new freight wagons populated the track, and so much more!
This layout now stands as a showcase of everything Rolling Line is capable of in 2020,
2 years after I initially released the game back in April 2018!
This update marks the 79th update for Rolling Line, and the 15th update of 2020.
So far I've managed to release an update every single week of 2020, and Rolling Line is growing faster than ever!
It's been a mighty busy year so far, but it's been worth it.
I'm so proud to finally be releasing this layout, and I still have huge plans for what's still to come!
Rolling Line has a big future ahead of it, and I can't wait to keep growing this game to reach it's full potential.
But most of all, the community is what keeps this game alive!
1000's of liveries and layouts on the Steam Workshop, countless incredibly talented content creators and so many passionate members of the community who spread the word about this game and bring new players along to take part!
On the grand scheme of train simulators, Rolling Line is still quite a lesser-known game, and there are still so many people out there who have never heard of it. But at the rate things are going, Rolling Line could one day be up there with the big boys.
I can't wait to see what Rolling Line's future has in store, but i can tell you one thing for certain:
I have zero intentions on stopping development of the game, I have more update ideas in mind than i could ever add, and i intend on continuing to update the game for as long as i possibly can!
So think of the release of this map as a celebration of 2 years worth of progress, and excitement for many more years worth of potential still to come!
But anyway, lets go into more detail on the actual map:
Paranapiacaba is an abandoned company town built by the Sao Paulo Railway Company and is in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It stands at the top of a large funicular incline that transports freight down to the sea port of Santos.
The town has a rich history and serves as an important historical site in Brazil's railway history.
In the current day, the town is preserved as a historic landmark and contains many museums and sights to see. It is open for the public to explore and is even a popular tourist destination in Sao Paulo.
Modern day freight trains still operate here, and the railway down the incline to Santos is still very much in use.
If you would like to have a look for yourself, try exploring a bit in Google Maps!
As well as the town of Paranapiacaba, the layout also features the funicular incline, the MRS Logistics complex at the base of the incline, Campo Grande station outside of Paranapiacaba, and parts of the Brazilian jungle.
The layout also features lots of info about the real-world locations history, along with photos. You can find these kinds of info blurbs all around the layout!
This layout is completely free, and you can find it in the list of maps when you choose "New Game" on the main menu.
I'm hoping to make some more media surrounding this new map (like a video trailer and official top-down map) in the coming weeks.
There is also going to be some updated screenshots and information added to the Rolling Line store page soon, to keep information up-to-date with the current features the game has.
Aside from the new map, this update also includes a bunch of new props:
- Engine workshop props
- Props of wheel blocks and various wagon pieces (great for scrap and engine workshops)
- Various new buildings, roof shelter and revolving door
- A bunch of wooden wagons, wagon wheels ladders, metal boxes, carts, some petrol cans and a water bottle
- A under-track inspection area, which can be placed underneath rails
- Two of Paranapiacaba's unique buildings, the clock tower and station building
As well as new props, this update also includes various fixes and features:
- Made big optimizations to how dynamic track is generated, which means that maps that use large amounts of tracks can have up to 1.5x faster loading times! Track must be enabled for editing then re-saved for these new optimizations to take effect.
- Fixed odd collision on the new U20c locomotive's front.
- Fixed the clock prop's placing rotation (it was previously reversed, so the clock would need to be flipped to be correct).
- Fixed a random floating menu button off in the distance.
- Added a setting for "Show map info & images" which you can use to hide the info blurbs and image posters included in the new map.
- Fixed the menu height offset on the quickMod drawer when the drawer is scaled up/down.
- Fixed the wheels still being visible in the distance for the newly added freight wagons.
- fixed a broken mesh on one of the canyon props.
And that's all for now!
This map is the largest sum of content I've ever worked on for Rolling Line, and it's the first ever official layout since the Santa Fe!
Also a huge thank you to the members of the Rolling Line community who helped in various parts of making these updates possible:
- Thank you to Long, who made the models for the two freight wagon gondolas, and Joa who made the model for the curved-roof boxcar
- Thank you to Joa and Raul who made the model for the V8 locomotive
- And thank you to Ze Trackmeister, William Tremblay and Joa for testing the map before it's final release!
I hope you have as much fun exploring and operating trains on it as i did making it.
Enjoy!
